Time to get your creative hats on again, with another competition brought to you from Beck’s. Part of the Beck’s Fusion project this year is the Live Studio - a challenge for artists and designers to create a piece of art to the length of the track ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ by the band Does It Offend You Yeah, whilst being filmed.
Fabienne Nicholas from CAS, John Squire, Peter Saville and Francesca Gavin will form the Fusions panel who will be judging all of the entries. The panel will then go onto select ten of the best entries, whose art will then be displayed at the final Fusions gig in Manchester on 6th September.
Beck’s today launched Beck’s Fusions, a unique art and music fusion project that will run throughout summer 2008 engaging artists, musicians, critics and the general public in the largest scale project of its kind ever undertaken. Visual art collective United Visual Artists (UVA) and Massive Attack (one of only three UK performances this year) will headline the 2008 Beck’s Fusions event on Sat 6 September in Manchester’s Castlefield Arena. For a chance to be at Beck’s Fusions, register online at Becks.co.uk. Keri Elmsly from UVA said:
“Lots of our work involves bringing art and music together and as a collective we’re firm believers in the intrinsic relationship the two have. This project is great because it really recognises this and offers us the opportunity to present something really new and build on our collaborative relationship with Massive Attack.”
Beck’s have chosen Manchester as the location for Fusions in 2008 to celebrate its place as one of Britain’s top cultural destinations. The inaugural year of the Manchester International Festival in 2007 signalled Manchester as the obvious choice to host this celebration of art and music. A previous home to Dpercussion and Britain’s first urban heritage park, Castlefield Arena will offer an atmospheric backdrop for this unique event.
This year Beck’s are collaborating with the Contemporary Arts Society (CAS), Britain’s leading membership body representing the contemporary arts. With CAS Beck’s will facilitate and enable artists and musicians to create unique fusion performances in Manchester’s Castlefield arena. Further line-up details will be announced over the summer. Fabienne Nicholas, spokesperson for CAS had this to say:
“Beck’s Fusions is going to provide an exciting programme of opportunities for artists - and the team at CAS are really looking forward to discovering and working with new artists and bringing their work to life at the September event. Art and music…the possibilities are endless!”
This year Beck’s are introducing The Studio at becks.co.uk where the public can take part online. Budding artists will be asked to submit artworks inspired by a set Fusions brief. Along with Fabienne Nicholas from CAS, John Squire, Peter Saville and Francesca Gavin will form the Fusions panel who will judge all the entries. For the lucky few selected artists, their work will go on to form an integral part of the final Fusions event in Manchester.
Speaking on behalf of Beck’s Fusions, Senior Brand Manager for Beck’s, Nicola Gates said:
“With such a long history in supporting contemporary art, Beck’s are excited to be able to present such an innovative and unique event. Beck’s Fusions has given us the opportunity and scope to engage with a wide selection of contemporary artists and musicians from across the UK.”
Key Event Information
Beck’s Fusions featuring UVA Vs Massive Attack 6 September 2008 at Castlefield Arena, Manchester
Tickets available to competition winners only via becks.co.uk
